Saddletree.



. No. 790,671. PATBNTED MAY 2 3, 1905.- A. ARTER.

SADDLBTRBB. APILIUATION FILED AUG. 22.1994.

lNo. 790,671.

UNITED STATES Patented May 23, 1905.

ALPHEUS ARTER, OF LISBON, OHIO.

SADDLETREE.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 790,671, dated May 23, 1905.

Application filed August 22, 1904. Serial No. 221,726.

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ALPHEUs ARTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lisbon, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Saddletrees, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to harness-saddles,

and has for its object to provide a novel construction of saddletree which shall possess great flexibility, and thereby be capable of easily and properly adjusting itself to the shape of the horses back when the saddle is applied thereto and which shall be strong and durable in construction and at the same time cheap to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, that will more clearly appear hereinafter, the invention resides in details of construction to be described in the specification following.

That which I claim as new will be indicatedy in the claims. i

In order that the inventionmay be clearly understood, I have illustrated the same in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view through the'saddletree. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan View of the same, and Fig. 8 is a perspective detail view showing the yoke with the wings attached thereto. n

Referring now to the drawings, l indicates the body of the saddletree, which is of leather, and 2 indicates a metal yoke secured on the under side of the body l, at the center thereof, and provided with a crupper-loop 3. The yoke 2 is bent at a suitable angle to adapt it to conform to the shape of the horses back and is secured to the body l by means of rivets. Said yoke is also provided with holes 5, through which the checkrein hook and the screw for the seat pass. y

6 indicates flexible wings secured to opposite sides of the yoke 2. Each of these wings is made from a single piece of wire, which, as shown, is bent upon itself centrally to provide an elongated loop 7, and each leg of this loop is again bent upon itself to provide apertures 8 for receiving rivets 9, by means of which the wing is secured to the yoke, and the remaining portion of the wire or legs of the loop are extended backward parallel with the sides of the loop and on the inside thereof.

The wing as a whole is secured to the body 1 by meansof staples 10. This construction affords a firm union between the various parts of the saddletree, while at the same time rendering the structure flexible, so that the saddletree as a whole can readily adjust itself to the shape or the size of the horses back. w

1l indicates boxes for receiving the nuts of the terrets. Each of these boxes is seated in a recess or slot l2, formed in each side of the body l by slitting the leather thereof to form tongues 12. These tongues project inward under the boxes and are adapted to cover the nuts after they have been secured to the bolts of the terrets.

Having thus fully described myvinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A saddletree comprising a body portion,- a yoke secured thereto, and .spring members secured to opposite sides of such yoke and extending along and secured to said body portion, each of said spring members comprising a piece of wire bent. upon itself to afford an elongated loop, the legs of which are bent to provide means for securing the spring member to said yoke, and the closed end of said loop being directed outwardly.

2. A saddletree comprising a body portion, a yoke secured centrally thereto, and spring members secured to opposite sides of said yoke and to said body portion, each of which comprises a piece of wire bent upon itself centrally to afford an elongated loop the legs of which are again bent upon themselves to extend along the sides of said loop and to afford eyes for securing the spring member to said yoke.

8. A saddletree having its body portion cut away to provide a tongue, a nut-box inserted in the space left by said tongue with its open side located on the inner side of said body portion, and having said tongue extending beneath the same and covering said opening.`

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- Witnesses:

JAMEs Gr. MOORE,

ALICE MOORE. 

